Olaus. Abelseth, a steerage passenger, was brought to Senator Smith's 1 room at the Waldorf by a friend in New York. He had been In the steer-1 age section In the bow of the ship. An officer had told him that there j was no danger, and for a while be be-1 Hared It Later he knew better, when lie saw the water coming in.After a while, when the deck was tire feet above the ocean, he jumped overboard and swam to a collapsible boat He agreed with Buckley that the steerage passengers had the same chance to save themselves as the firstand second class passengers.